The Patriots have hired Princeton football director of operations Maya Ana Callender as a scout, according to multiple reports.
Callender is believed to be the first full-time female scout in Patriots history.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from Utica College and a master’s degree from Belhaven University, according to her LinkedIn page. After graduating in 2016, Callender joined Princeton as assistant director of football operations in 2017 and was promoted in 2019. She completed a three-month fellowship with the Eagles in 2021.
“Her whole background had been operations and she was really good at it,” Princeton coach Bob Surace told ESPN.